{"product_id":"crosslight-for-young-bird-9781937658878","title":"Crosslight for Young Bird","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2019 HURSTON\/WRIGHT AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent and vital debut collection of poems that mixes ekphrasis with reportage to draw a new narrative of our present-day migration crises\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrosslight for Youngbird\u003c\/i\u003e explores the slipperiness of borders, as well as borders' tentacles: mother tongue, language and mastery, citizenship and nationality, migration and flight. These poems are concerned with the demands we make on our body, the limits of those demands, and ultimately, how everyone inhabits space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eASIYA WADUD is a writer and third grade teacher. She is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003ewe, too, are but the fold\u003c\/i\u003e. Every Wednesday, she teaches English to new immigrants and refugees. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528448086290,"sku":"9781937658878","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9954bc4-dcf6-4459-be89-1f7fcc45169a.jpg?v=1731326640","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crosslight-for-young-bird-9781937658878","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}